Jilted dancer spills beer on woman, shoots up nightspot, lawmen say

Published: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 02:19 PM.

CRESTVIEW – A serviceman was arrested after he allegedly fired several rounds from a semi-automatic handgun at a local nightspot, lawmen say.

The incident took place at Helen Back on South Ferdon Boulevard, according to a Crestview Police Department arrest report. Officers were given the following narrative, based on employee and witness testimony:

A woman said “a male with dark hair was sitting behind her at Helen Back,” the officer wrote in the report. “(She) stated throughout the night the male kept bothering her and wanted to dance with her. (She) stated he would not leave her alone so she kept telling him to go away. (She) stated she began to dance with a friend and the male approached her and poured a pitcher of beer all over her back.” The woman said he shoved her onto the floor, and when she got up and yelled at him he hit her in the head.

At that point another man saw what happened and asked the beer-spiller, “What’s your problem?” the report indicated. That ignited a fight that got both of them thrown out of the bar.

The beer-spiller, who was identified as 22-year-old Keaton Frank Cervantes of 7th Special Forces Group, got into a car with a friend and the two slowly drove through the parking lot. The friend later told police Cervantes got a .45-caliber pistol out of the glove box and fired seven shots at the bar. Shell casings and bullets corroborated that part of the narrative.

Cervantes was charged with firing a deadly missile into an occupied structure, a felony. His plea date is Dec. 10.

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CRESTVIEW – A serviceman was arrested after he allegedly fired several rounds from a semi-automatic handgun at a local nightspot, lawmen say.

The incident took place at Helen Back on South Ferdon Boulevard, according to a Crestview Police Department arrest report. Officers were given the following narrative, based on employee and witness testimony:

A woman said “a male with dark hair was sitting behind her at Helen Back,” the officer wrote in the report. “(She) stated throughout the night the male kept bothering her and wanted to dance with her. (She) stated he would not leave her alone so she kept telling him to go away. (She) stated she began to dance with a friend and the male approached her and poured a pitcher of beer all over her back.” The woman said he shoved her onto the floor, and when she got up and yelled at him he hit her in the head.

At that point another man saw what happened and asked the beer-spiller, “What’s your problem?” the report indicated. That ignited a fight that got both of them thrown out of the bar.

The beer-spiller, who was identified as 22-year-old Keaton Frank Cervantes of 7th Special Forces Group, got into a car with a friend and the two slowly drove through the parking lot. The friend later told police Cervantes got a .45-caliber pistol out of the glove box and fired seven shots at the bar. Shell casings and bullets corroborated that part of the narrative.

Cervantes was charged with firing a deadly missile into an occupied structure, a felony. His plea date is Dec. 10.